1. © 3GPP 2009 Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, 19 th February 2009© 3GPP 2009 3GPP The Training Course / Module 3 1 All you always wanted to know about 3GPP … but were too afraid to ask. The 3GPP Seminar

2. © 3GPP 2009 Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, 19 th February 2009© 3GPP 2009 3GPP The Training Course / Module 3 2 The 3GPP Seminar Module 3 Writing contributions which count

3. © 3GPP 2009 Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, 19 th February 2009© 3GPP 2009 3GPP The Training Course / Module 3 3 To make your companys point at a 3GPP meeting, your contribution should: Be written A verbal contributions not worth the paper its written on. Be short Be precise of objective Be in reasonably good English Understandable Unambiguous Clear Have a conclusion Give proposals for further action

4. © 3GPP 2009 Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, 19 th February 2009© 3GPP 2009 3GPP The Training Course / Module 3 4 Tips for preparing contributions Use the TDoc template provided for the meeting Be guided by the drafting rules (TR 21.801) so your contribution will be clear Obtain a TDoc number Know which agenda item it will be addressed under

5. © 3GPP 2009 Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, 19 th February 2009© 3GPP 2009 3GPP The Training Course / Module 3 5 Tips for presenting contributions Be ready to present your contribution at the appropriate point in the meeting Speak clearly – dont mumble ! Speak close to the microphone Do not read your contribution word for word Skip over complicated background material – stick to the essentials State the conclusion clearly State any proposals clearly Finish cleanly – dont tail off; make the chairman aware your verbal presentation has finished

6. © 3GPP 2009 Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, 19 th February 2009© 3GPP 2009 3GPP The Training Course / Module 3 6 In 3GPP, TDocs are not re-issued with rev1 suffixes. Each revision gets a new TDoc number. If you provide a TDoc to the meeting, then find there is an error in it … Do not attempt to retract the document from the meeting inbox and replace it ! Withdraw it and obtain a new TDoc number for the correction.

7. © 3GPP 2009 Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, 19 th February 2009© 3GPP 2009 3GPP The Training Course / Module 3 7 For more information visit http://www.3gpp.org Or contact john.meredith@etsi.org